Cartoon diagram of the model ... volcanic activity in northeast China. Seismic and electromagnetic imaging results show that the western Pacific subduction slab is stalled in the mantle transition ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

Aside from the danger they pose, such earthquakes disrupt the slow, long-term changes occurring at subduction zones. The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for ...

Both of Wednesday’s earthquakes occurred within the Juan de Fuca Plate, but not quite along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is one of several subduction zones on the Pacific Ring of Fire where ...

The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), a research project focused on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), was established in 2023 following a $15 million grant from the National Scie ...

One significant area of research has been the study of stress transfer and the migration of earthquakes from subduction zones, such as the Western Pacific subduction zone, toward continental regions.

at depths of less than 650 feet in subduction zones where earthquakes and tsunamis are most prevalent. The latest versions of the SUBGEO system were deployed in mid-December at two locations on ...